Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container backup and restore for Kubernetes and OpenShift

Published: 2022-12-20

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-24736 CVE-2022-24735
CWE-ID	CWE-476 CWE-94
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for OpenShift Server applications / Other server solutions IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for Kubernetes Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU62692

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24736

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted Lua script and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for OpenShift: before 10.1.12.3

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for Kubernetes: before 10.1.12.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6842235

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU62693